incongruously

adverb

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of incongruously But all that warm, crowd-pleasing material is incongruously, fascinatingly, and not so comfortably fitted inside a story about great loss. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 The neighborhood/area A mile and a half away lies the pretty village of Lyndhurst, with its tourist-coaxing fudge shops and pubs, and a Ferrari dealer plonked incongruously among the red brick and timber quaintness. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Fightland feels incongruously sanitized throughout, without actually being appropriate (or engaging) for all ages. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 Along beaches that had been stripped of their vegetation, icebergs sat incongruously high on rocks. — Megan I. Gannon, Scientific American, 6 May 2026 One side story, of a former pro athlete caught in a downward spiral of violence, addiction, and ill health, feels incongruously grim. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Mar. 2026 What remains is an incongruously passive and intense ride that feels eerily algorithmic throughout. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026 Also incongruously quick for his size is Tustin junior defensive lineman Jeremiah Williams (6-1, 311). — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruously
  1. inappropriately
  2. improperly
  3. wrongly
  4. incorrectly
  5. unsuitably
Adverb
  • Photos taken by a 17-year-old girl who said a Newton man stuck his hand through the seat on their flight to touch her inappropriately.
    — Gustavo Atencio Flores, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There is also evidence that psychopathy evidence is being inappropriately relied on in death penalty cases.
    — David DeMatteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • Masterson’s lawyers objected and argued on appeal that the court had improperly intruded into interpretation of church doctrine.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The plaintiffs’ lawyers noted in their filing that at least a half dozen suits currently pending in federal court in San Francisco related to musical compositions being improperly used to train artificial intelligence.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • By that point — more than a decade after my symptoms began — other diseases that mimic MS had been ruled out, but only because I was forced to inquire about them after doctors had wrongly written off MS early in my diagnostic search.
    — Lindsay Karp, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The civil case seeks judicial review to override the council’s decision, which attorneys for the church argue was wrongly made, oversteps city authority and violates the Cathedral’s First Amendment rights to freely practice religion.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • The story also incorrectly described the status of a bill allowing women to get a divorce while pregnant.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In May 2026, Musk said that US military suicide drones set up by a contractor incorrectly used Starlink instead of Starshield.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
Adverb
  • The official investigation found no fault with either aircraft but that three planes had occupied the same airspace, which was deemed to have been unsuitably monitored over the Kharkiv region.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of unsuitably

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“Incongruously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruously. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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